Monthly Archives: November 2014

It was so nice to meet this lovely couple! Ricky and Sheryl Laudico

 Ricky is part of the Sumo Sam Group which includes Raymond Magdaluyo and Marvin Agustin

 They now have a total of 50 restaurants!  Sumo Sam, Mr. Kurosawa, Dekada, Alqueria, John and Yoko, Previous entry:  John and Yoko December 15, 2007

Balboa, Marciano’s, Akira, Banzai, Wolf and Fox  & Teddy’s burgers!

Previous entry:  Teddy’s Bigger Burgers September 15, 2014

 Sheryl on the other hand has joined the company to help out in Marketing  Thanks to Gary and Alexie for introducing us to Ricky and Sheryl. We had a nice evening

We met up with Ricky and Sheryl in their latest place called Wolf & Fox in Bonifacio Global City

 Ricky is the guy behind the concepts and the graphics of all the restaurants.

 In Wolf & Fox, the characters are all animals wearing business attire 🙂

 The stairs

 More animals

 Ricky told me that the Wolf is characterised by the Richard Branson type of guy who is a businessman and goes for the basics.   WS is the Fox who is a bit more adventurous and likes steak and burgers 

 So there are two menus in this place.  One page is the Fox menu

 And the other is the Wolf Menu 🙂  

 There is another menu which has photos and you will see that one side is the Fox menu and when you read it from the back and turn it around, it’s the Wolf Menu 🙂  How creative!  

 Super loved the Wolf Burger – U.S. Angus Burger 

 There is an ongoing collaboration with Hendrick’s where they made Special drinks specially for the Wolf & Fox

 Zachary Connor de Git, Mixologist and Hendrick’s Gin Regional Brand Ambassador was there that evening and he was here for a few days to launch and train the people

 One of their latest restaurants is Banzai where they have Teppanyaki buffet!!  I have never seen a Teppayanki buffet and we will definitely go here to try it!

 Next year, they will be opening Wolfgang Steakhouse in March!

Previous entry: Wolfgang Steakhouse June 16, 2008

Celebrating at Wolfgang Steakhouse New York City April 21, 2012

 Hide Yamamoto in April  ( Previous entry:  Hide Yamamoto Marina Bay Sands May 5, 2011)and later on Benihana, 2 New Zealand Concepts – Shaky Aisles and Bedford Soda and Liquor and a 100 year old restaurant called Sandaine[email_link]

Last October, the family went to try Twenty Two Jupiter!     It was previously Cova

 Love most especially the Bonsai trees inside which is part of the collection of one of the owners Super yum Chorizo nachos!!! The Hainanese Chicken was good too  And super loved the Rum Cake with butter Dulce Gatas sauce! Last week, I went back and was happy to see two of the owners there, my brother, Jun Jun Lopez, and my friend, Vince Tanjutco.  They are two out of the twelve owners of the place.  They found out Cova was for sale so they bought it 🙂

“We are a Bistro Bar. We serve good, affordable food so people can come here for lunch and dinner. Then at around 9:30pm, we dim the lights and become a bar with live entertainment. But it’s a bar with good food! The atmosphere is very relaxed, very cozy and friendly. It’s mostly friends of friends here. And we talk to everyone who comes in so everybody becomes our friend. It’s the kind of place that you can go to even if you’re alone.”

Together with them was the Executive Chef, Marco Legasto.  Chef Marco studied in the UK for 2 years in the Isle of Man and then worked at the Ocean Castle Hotel for two years and then came back to Manila.  In 2005, he was the one who pioneered the Spiral restaurant and was the head of all the Expats during the transition of Westin Sofitel.    He put up Purple Feet and ran it from 2007 to 2012.  After which he put up his own restaurant called Prime 101 which specialises in steaks!

“The space is known as a bar but we’re introducing it as also a bistro. Guests are actually surprised because there are very few bars that actually have good food, they’re normally just used to bar chow. We serve International food, we have dishes from all over the world. We do traditional and we also do our own flavors. It’s getting certain flavors from different places or from experiences that I had and putting them in the dishes.”

 Though this is known as a bar, they are now a Bistro bar and serve lunch and dinner!  

 Vincent tells me the steaks are really good!! We need to go back to try them!!!

I am repeating this menu page with the main course because it has the desserts menu here and you must try the desserts 🙂  [email_link]